GNOME/Slab

From openSUSE

The GNOME Main Menu

When you install openSUSE/GNOME, you will notice that the menu is not the same as on other Linux distributions. We ship it with the GNOME Main Menu, also referred to as; Slab, g-m-m and "The new GNOME menu". As part of Slab, there's also an Application Browser (ab for short).

Here is a screenshot of Slab;

Explanation of the different elements;

1. Search

• If you type something in here and press enter, it will search your computer for any email, documents, websites etc that is related.
• Note: This is not visible if you customized your installation to not include beagle.

2. Applications

• This lists your favorite applications
• Note: If there is an application in here that you don't consider a favorite, you can right click on it and select "Remove from Favorites"
• You can also right click on any application and select "Add to Startup Programs". By doing so, it will automatically start that application the next time you login.
• If you previsouly added an application to "Startup Programs" and no longer wants it to start automatically, right click on that application and select "Remove from Startup Applications"

3. Recent Applications

• This will list applications that you have run, but that is not in your Favorite list.
• Note: You can right click on a Recent Application and select "Add to Favorites" if you frequently use it.

4. More Applications...

• If you need to run an application that is not in your Favorite List, click on this button to see all installed applications.

If you prefer to use the traditional menu, then do the following;

1. Right click on Slab, then select "Remove from Panel"

2. Right click on the empty space in the panel, then select "Add to panel..."

3. Select 'Traditional Main Menu' from the list